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NDCN researchers awarded ARIA funding for future adoption of neurotechnologies
21 January 2025
Project teams led by Associate Professor Melanie Fleming and Professor Ben Seymour have been awarded funding from the Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) to advance research that could unlock next-generation precision neurotechnologies.
Why the 'winter blues' may be a matter of timing
17 January 2025
Do you find that your mood worsens during winter? If you do, then you are not alone. This common phenomenon, which for some is diagnosed as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), is not just due to inclement weather. It appears to be directly related to how shorter days and the clocks changing directly impact our circadian rhythms.
A multidisciplinary team of scientists aims to solve the mystery of magnetoreception
16 January 2025
Experts are investigating whether invisible magnetic forces which guide migrating animals around the globe can also affect humans.
First patients scanned in new study investigating traumatic brain injury in young athletes
15 January 2025
Researchers at The Podium Institute for Sports Medicine and Technology, situated within Oxford University’s Institute of Biomedical Engineering, have recruited their first participants for a new study exploring the impact of head injuries on the brains of 11 to 18-year-olds using cutting-edge neuroimaging techniques.
Sir Roger Bannister Prize Winners 2025
15 January 2025
Congratulations to Julia Buckland and Jaskiran Matharu for their success in this year's competition.
Professor Robert MacLaren in the top 100 ophthalmologists worldwide
7 January 2025
In 2024 Professor Robert MacLaren was ranked in the top 100 ophthalmologists worldwide by the international Ophthalmologist magazine.
In conversation with Emeritus Professor Margaret Esiri
12 December 2024
We talk to Professor Esiri about her life, career, and how the Clinical Neurosciences Society is supporting her charity, the Frederick Foundation.
Morton's neuroma paper selected as Editors’ choice in PAIN
11 December 2024
The latest study from the Neuromusculoskeletal Health and Science Lab, featured in PAIN, shows how neuroinflammation continues to play a role in chronic neuropathic pain.
Oxford and partners lead on two new MRC Centres to create cutting-edge gene therapies
11 December 2024
Oxford University researchers are to lead and co-lead on two MRC research centres, which are being launched to develop new advanced treatments for currently untreatable diseases.
Wearable devices can help predict falls in Parkinson’s Disease over five years
5 December 2024
A new study from the NeuroMetrology lab demonstrates how clinicians could make data-backed predictions of falls in people with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) to help improve effective longer term care planning.
NDCN innovators take their tech to Oxford Digital Festival
2 December 2024
Researchers from OxQUIP and the Vision Group shared their innovative technologies with colleagues
Senior Staff Away Day, 28 November 2024
29 November 2024
NDCN’s Senior Staff* came together on Thursday 28 November to discuss internal funding schemes and Department finances.
Leading academics recognised on Clarivate Highly Cited List
20 November 2024
Six researchers from the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience have made it onto the 2024 list.
Free lesson plans to help young people deal with stress accredited for use in schools
20 November 2024
The ‘Building stress Resilience in Early Adolescents’ Lives’ (BReal) project aimed to create evidence-based resources to improve young people’s resilience, and enable them to develop skills to cope with everyday challenges.
Exploring the brain's hidden symphony at New Scientist Live
18 November 2024
Researchers from MRC BNDU recently brought cutting-edge neuroscience to the public through interactive exhibits and live demonstrations at this year’s New Scientist Live event, held in London 12-14 October.
Nick Gatford wins prestigious Nikon Small World Award
14 November 2024
The awards aims to showcase the beauty of life as seen through the light microscope.
Class of 2023/24 MSc Clinical and Therapeutic Neuroscience Prizes announced
13 November 2024
Congratulations to the MSc in Clinical and Therapeutic Neuroscience, Class of 2023/24 for successfully completing the course.
Brain acts like music box playing different behaviours
7 November 2024
Neuroscientists reveal how cells form a coordinate system for behavioural sequences
Professor Tipu Aziz, 1956-2024
31 October 2024
Tipu Aziz, a major figure in Oxford Neuroscience over the last three decades, has sadly died
Study finds important link between genetic markers and neuropathic pain
31 October 2024
European researchers have mapped the most comprehensive phenotyping of neuropathic pain and identified genetic markers associated with this serious condition. The new findings could be especially important for diabetes patients.